Originally Posted by
Grant
Well said, alot of people down South are totally ignorant of the fact that Rangers and Celtic are bigger than nearly all of the Premiership Clubs apart from Man Utd and possibly Liverpool. Our fanbase is far superior and anyone who thinks otherwise is clueless.
Before the Premiership started and all the British clubs were on a level playing field without Sky's money Rangers were in the Champions league and almost made the final but were pipped for a place in the final by a cheating team, Marseille. And they owned Leeds that year home and away for a place in the tournament! It was the first real battle of britain.
I think you'll find it has a bit more to it than 'SKY money', the Prem league is a higher standard, partly because of the wages available ( paid for by Sky money partly ) but Rangers arent going to sign top quality internationals like Torres/Robinho/Ronaldo/Fabregas etc etc to play 4 big games a year and 30 against also rans like Gretna or Montrose.
The fact is in footballing terms Scotland is shit unless you franchise a Scottish Club and make it 'English' in the Premier League so you can earn some decent cash and buy some non Scottish players to make you a great 'Scottish' club.
